We Need A New Path To Liquidity — Watching all these machinations between Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, AOL, News Corp/MySpace, and their ilk makes me sick. They are playing around with Internet assets like they are toys. And meanwhile the services we have come to rely on like Flickr …

Yahoo Goes Scorched Earth — What a day. I can't say neither side is throwing punches any longer in the epic fight over what's left of Yahoo. Microsoft and Yahoo are done, for the most part, with sternly worded letters. — Yesterday Yahoo made two announcements/leaks.

WHY I DELETED MY TWITTER ACCOUNT — It's no big deal. I liked Twitter. But I found it too easy. — I think my time would be better spent drawing cartoons and writing books. — That's just how I feel. — [UPDATE:] This story seems to have made it onto the front page of Techmeme.

Aliph Jawbone 2 exposed — So there are a couple of big complaints about Aliph's otherwise-lauded Jawbone noise canceling Bluetooth headset: one, it's rather porky, and two, the charge connector is about as reliable as a Comcast installation appointment. Hang tight, though …

Blockbuster eyes streaming to TVs — Apple TV is getting some competition from Blockbuster. — The home video giant is developing a set-top device for streaming films directly to TV sets and is expected to announce the offering sometime this month. — Blockbuster declined comment …

Opera Mini for Android — Introduction — This article takes a look at one of Opera's latest and greatest projects - the creation of an Opera Mini version that will run on Google's Android open mobile development platform. Over the course of the article, we'll explain why we created it …

Flickr Users Cry Mutiny Over New Video Feature — Flickr users are revolting. Again. — Several groups protesting this week's addition of video to Yahoo's popular photo-sharing site have sprung up to object to the new feature. — One group, We Say No to Videos on Flickr …

Not productive enough? Turn off the Internet — Four weeks ago I had 5,250 emails in my inbox. Today? 10. — What's the difference? I've been on lots of airplanes in the past month. Why is that important? Because in airplanes there's no Internet. Nothing to distract you.

Yahoo's largest investor doubles down — Yahoo's largest institutional investor nearly doubled its stake in the Internet search pioneer, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday. — Capital World Investors increased its Yahoo stake to 10.1 percent …